Display stand



Filed April 17, 1928 Sept. 11, 1928.. i 1,684,340

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Mud 6 ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 11, 1928.,

UNITED STATES RAYMOND BERKE, OF ALBUQUERQllE, NEW MEXICO.

'DISPLAY STAND.

Application filed April 17, 1928. Serial No. 270,734.

This invention relates to a display rack and more particularly to a unit adapted for removable application to the rack.

An object of the invention is the provision of a display rack unit formed of wire and having a base which is provided with arms located in a vertical plane from which project laterally disposed article supporting members, the lower end of the arm being at tached in any approved manner to the base member and provided with inwardly extending lugs adapted to engage the standard, a clamping ring being secured to the upper ends of the arms and adapted to embrace a l5 standard for supporting the display unit in a predetermined position on the standard.

This invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following detailed description in connection with the ac- 20 companying drawings; nevertheless, it is to be understood that the invention is not confined to the disclosure being susceptible of such changes and modifications as shall define no material departure from the salient features of the invention as expressed in the appended claims.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a view in elevation of a display unit applied to a standard,

Figure 2 is a horizontal section taken along the line 22 of Fig. 1,

Figure 3 is a vertical section taken along the line 33 of Fig. 2, and

Figure 4 is a detached view in perspective of an article supporting member forming part of the display unit.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 10 designates a standard adapted to be supported by a base (not shown). The display unit includes a base member generally designated by the numeral 13 and in this instance is shown in triangular form. Arms 14 atthe lower ends as shown at 15 are secured to the base member 13 and the upper ends as shown at 16 are secured to a supporting ring 17. The lower ends of the arms 14 are bent inwardly to provide lugs 18, the free ends of which are adapted to engage the standard 10. The lower end'of each arm is no bent around the base member 13 to form a seat to receive said base member. The upper end of each arm is bent outwardly and downwardly as shown at 20 and then curved upwardly and outwardly to provide a supporting member 21. The free end of the wire is returned upon itself as at 21 and is provided with a hook 22 which is nested within the seat formed by the curved portion 20.

The supporting ring 17 is in the form of a clamp and is split, the free ends being provided with eyes 23. A bolt 24 is inserted through the eyes which are drawn up taut by means of a nut 25 and a head 26 on the bolt 24. v

The supporting ring 17 is of sutficient diameter to not only embrace the standard 10 but to receive the arms 14 so that when the bolt 24 and the nut 25 are employed for forcing the eyes in close contact, said ring will clamp the upper end of the arms 14 to the post 10. In this manner a plurality of display units may be locked in spaced relation at various horizontal planes on the post 10 and articles may be supported directly by the laterally extending arms 21 or the articles may be clamped by means of the member 21 and the book 22 which engages over the inner end of the arm 21.

The display unit is formed of'wire having sufiicient resilience so that the arms 21 will spring into place and maintain the hook 22 in rigid contact with the inner end of the arm 21. Furthermore, the lugs 18 may be moved sufficiently away from the standard 10 due to resilience of the triangularly shaped base member 13 for freely sliding the unit on the standard 10.

I claim: s

1. A display rack unit comprising a wire frame having a base member, arms secured to the base member,- a supporting ring secured to the arms in'spaced relation with the base member, and article clamping means extending from the arms, "said arms having resilient lugs adapted to engage a fixed support. i

2. A display rack unit comprising a wire frame having a base member, arms secured to the base member, a supporting ring secured to the arms in spaced relation with the base member and being split to provide for the expansion of the ring, the free ends of the split ring being provided with eyes in close contact for clamping the split ring on the fixed support, and article clamping means extending from the arms.

3. A display rack unit comprising a wire frame having a base member, arms secured to the base member, a supporting ring secured to the arms in spaced relation with the base member and being split to provide for the expansion of the ring, the free ends of the split ring being; provided I with eyes .1 in; close vontaet for clamping the split ring on the fixed support, and article. clamping means extending from the arms said article clamping;

means forming continuation, of the upper end of an arm and having a rear portion provided with a hook adapted. to engage around the extension.

4. A display rack comprising a standard,

wdisplay rack: unit supported on the stand ard and provided witha elampingfirmg embracing the} standard and:having; means for clamping the ring to smid sttmdardgabase member-located in spaced relation with the ring armsseeured;tojthe base member and to the ring, article supporting means projectingdaterally from the upper ends of the arms, the lower ends of the arms being provided with inturnedtlugeuhavin the free ends in engagement with the stan ard,

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